Howard D. Schultz

In all her years of politics, Audrey Blondin never heard anything like it — Hillary Clinton lawn signs torched along Route 7 in Sharon in the state's bucolic northwest corner.

"I think that up until this cycle, this presidential run, there was an element of respect and civility between the two parties and their supporters," said Blodin, a member of the Democratic State Central Committee. But now "there is this level of unpleasantness, of disrespect, of almost contempt-like feelings that I have never seen."

Faced with a matchup between Clinton and Donald Trump — who both have historically high unfavorable ratings — many voters are casting...

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